Update Windows XP KB973688

Can anyone tell me what the problem is with this update? I have tried to
install it 4 times and it won't install. Went to Microsoft's website and
found that it had 0 bytes to install! What gives?

John wrote:
> Can anyone tell me what the problem is with this update? I have
> tried to install it 4 times and it won't install. Went to
> Microsoft's website and found that it had 0 bytes to install! What
> gives?

0 Bytes is not how much you have to install - it is how much you have to
download (0 bytes because you have already downloaded it.)

Did you manually download it and install it?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973688

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Do you really need KB973688 in the first place? =>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973688

KB 973688 is NOT a security update.


John wrote:
> Can anyone tell me what the problem is with this update? I have tried to
> install it 4 times and it won't install. Went to Microsoft's website and
> found that it had 0 bytes to install! What gives?

Installing the update resolves the behavior described in the SYMPTOMS
section of http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973688

jamsie wrote:
> On Nov 28, 5:12 pm, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Do you really need KB973688 in the first place?
>> =>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973688
>>
>> KB 973688 is NOT a security update.
>>
>> John wrote:
>>> Can anyone tell me what the problem is with this update? I have tried to
>>> install it 4 times and it won't install. Went to Microsoft's website and
>>> found that it had 0 bytes to install! What gives?
>
> Ok, so it's not a security update. But can anyone tell me what this
> update does? I've read the info from the microsoft page, but it's
> greek to me - I have no idea what they are talking about. Do I have
> to install this? What will happen if I don't?